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11J is a latin dance studio created by me: Carlos Oliva. I am a Cuban native citizen and grew up in a suburb where Cuban salsa music and dancing was always present, day and night, creating the motivation and passion for dancing running through my veins…
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Cuban Salsa
To understand Cuban salsa we have to define the concept of Tumbao: The basic rhythm played on the conga drum and the bass in Afro-Cuban music...
Son Cubano
The Son Cubano is a sensual dance in Cuba, like the bachata in the Dominican Republic. The Cuban son is danced in a much closer position than salsa...
Bachata
This is the sensual Dominican Dance The basic steps, four beats to the right and four beats to the left. Three steps on the first three beats...
salsa LA
Salsa LA style, also known as Los Angeles style, is danced with the timing on 1, where the leader starts the basic step on the first beat of the music. This style is...